Caste: Colonial Weapon Against Hindus | How British Created India's 'Untouchables' | Richa Gautam

Richa Gautam reveals the shocking truth about how caste was invented by colonial powers as a weapon of social control and is now being weaponized against Hindu Americans. Discover how British policies created scheduled castes through criminal tribes acts, wealth extraction, and systematic impoverishment, while Hindu scholars and traditions get falsely blamed. Richa Gautam, Executive Director at CARES Global and Senior Research Associate at Indus University, exposes how the Dismantling Global Hindutva conference at 60+ American universities continues colonial narratives to divide Indian society and target Hindu identity. Essential viewing for anyone seeking to understand the political weaponization of caste, the colonial origins of India's social classifications, and how academic institutions perpetuate anti-Hindu bias through manufactured historical narratives. Key Points: Blood purity origins of caste systems in Spanish colonial hierarchy How British created 'untouchables' through Criminal Tribes Act and wealth extraction Railway caste system revealing true colonial hierarchy in British India Dismantling Global Hindutva conference agenda and academic targeting of Hindus Why endogamy proves absence of hierarchical caste vs hypergamy in colonial systems Concepts explored: casta blood purity, limpieza de sangre, colonial racial hierarchies, Aryan invasion theory debunked, jati vs varna distinction, hermetic hypothesis Africa, Risley nasal index racism, Criminal Tribes Act 1871, scheduled castes creation, railway cattle class, Parsi privilege British India, Anglo-Indian biracials, caste census politics, Periyarism divide and rule, Adivasi terminology colonialism, Vanavasi vs Adivasi, Hindutva definition decolonization, Brahmin scapegoating, depressed classes British creation About The Speaker: Richa Gautam is the Founder of Caste Files and Co-Founder and Executive Director at Cares Global. She has been active in the field of advocacy and human rights for over a decade. She is currently engaged in the field of diversity, inclusiveness, and minority rights as well as decolonial practices with Cares Global and she is a Senior Research Associate at Indus University and a Fellow of the Centre of Indic Studies at Ahmedabad. Caste Files Website: https://castefiles.com/ Topics covered: 00:00:00: Colonial Origins - Casta System 12th Century Spain and Blood Purity Limpieza de Sangre 00:06:24: Racial Theories Timeline - Hermetic Hypothesis Africa vs Aryan Invasion Theory India Post-1870 00:15:32: Constitutional Labels - Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes British Creation vs Indigenous Jati Organization 00:23:13: Hierarchy Myth - Brahmin Power Claims vs Historical Reality of Varna System 00:29:28: Endogamy Evidence - Marriage Patterns Proving Non-Hierarchical Society vs Colonial Hypergamy Systems 00:35:22: Jati Organization - Commensality Shocha Hygiene Principles vs Blood Purity Concepts 00:39:22: Census Politics - British Ethnographic State Creation and Fault Line Exploitation Post-1857 00:49:10: Dismantling Global Hindutva - 60-80 Universities Conference Analysis and Brahmin Hate Patterns 00:58:25: Caste Trope Weaponization - Five Definitions of Hindutva by Opponents and Political Calculus Breaking 01:10:40: Real British Caste System - Eight-Tier Railway Hierarchy from White Colonialists to Criminal Tribes 01:18:34: Brahmins as Fall Guys - Colonial Crime Deflection and Creation of Dalit/Adivasi Through Six Mechanisms Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @sangamtalks   Join our YouTube channel to get updated on new video releases: SangamTalks :    / @sangamtalks   SangamTalks Hindi :    / @sangamtalkshindi   SangamTalks Business :    / @sangambusiness   SangamTalks Punjabi :    / @sangamtalkspunjabi   SangamTalks Tamil :    / @sangamtalkstamil   SangamTalks Malayalam :    / @sangamtalksmalayalam   SangamTalks Bangla :    / @sangamtalksbangla   SangamTalks Marathi :    / @sangamtalksmarathi   SangamTalks Kannada :    / @sangamtalkskannada   SangamTalks Bhojpuri :    / @sangamtalksbhojpuri   SangamTalks Clips :    / @sangamtalksmedia   SangamTalks Shorts :    / @sangamtalksshorts   For updates you may follow us on: Facebook :   / sangamtalks   Instagram :   / sangamtalks   Telegram  : https://t.me/sangamtalks Twitter      :   / sangamtalks   Whatsapp : https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va95... Linkedin   :   / sangamtalks   Website  : https://www.sangamtalks.org Donate   : https://www.sangamtalks.org/donate #CasteMyth #ColonialHistory #HindutvaPhobia